Teacher of Design Technology (Maternity Cover)

The Cherwell School; Packmoor; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cherwell School in Oxford is seeking a qualified Design and Technology teacher to deliver high-quality lessons across KS3 and to offer a dedicated KS4 specialism. The successful candidate will contribute to a lively, high-performing faculty and may have the opportunity to take on a Teaching and Learning Responsibility (TLR) within the Faculty.

We value professional learning, staff wellbeing and collaboration within the River Learning Trust.

Qualifications

• Qualified DT teacher with QTS and DT specialism.
• Experience delivering Design & Technology across KS3 with KS4 capability.
• Commitment to high-quality teaching and learning.

Responsibilities

• Teach Design and Technology across KS3 and offer a KS4 specialism.
• Contribute to department development and curriculum design.
• Collaborate with colleagues to raise student attainment.
• Take on potential Teaching and Learning Responsibility (TLR) in leadership areas.

Skills

DT teaching

KS3/KS4

Curriculum design

Education

QTS / Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

The Cherwell School is seeking to appoint a qualified teacher who has a genuine excitement for excellence in the teaching and learning of Design and Technology. The successful candidate will teach across the different disciplines at KS3 with the ability to offer a specialism at KS4. For the right candidate, there would be an opportunity to be considered for a TLR in an aspect of Faculty/Subject Leadership

We are a high performing and oversubscribed comprehensive school in Oxford with approximately 2,000 students on roll, including 680 in the Sixth Form. We are delighted that we were judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (October 2022), as we feel this is a fair reflection of the school, not least as we recognize that we have the capacity to develop and improve further. We consider ourselves to be a school which has at its heart “opportunity, responsibility, excellence” and we aim to make this a deeper reality for all of our students and staff in the years to come.

Our aims are supported by our designation as a National Teaching School and as a School Centred Initial Teacher Training provider. We are committed to the professional learning and career development of our staff and work in conjunction with the River Learning Trust to continue to raise standards.

We value the wellbeing of our staff and aim to support colleagues throughout their working lives. Staff report high levels of wellbeing and attribute this to factors such as:

• Well designed, sequenced and resourced curricula which are centralised
• Feedback and marking approaches which are carefully considered for impact and workload
• Clear, centralised Behaviour for Learning System; pastoral teams supported by non-teaching deputy year leaders
• Lower than typical contact hours for classroom teachers and middle leaders
• Excellent in-house and external CPD opportunities and regular opportunities for career development within the school and trust
• Professional support for ECTs provided by experienced teams of staff

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and The Cherwell School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.